Summary
Nordenfelt quick firing machine gun, .450/.577 inch calibre, 5 barrels (side-by-side), mechanically operated. Made in Britain, 1887. Cone mount with traversing and elevating hand wheels. Enscribed: "NORDENFELT No.6005 1887 1 - 1 - 5 M. H."
This gun is similar to Nordenfelt guns that were fitted to the HMVS Cerberus as anti-torpedo weapons in the late 1880s; however, the latter were 4-barrel models. The HMVS Cerberus was a Monitor Class armour-plated battleship built for the Victorian Colonial Navy in 1870. It served with the Victorian Navy until after 1900. The hull was later scuttled off Sandringham as a breakwater where it remains today and is now a protected shipwreck site.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Lieutenant Edward (Ted) J. Millett, 20 Feb 1952
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Inscriptions
Enscribed on cover plate: "NORDENFELT No.6005 1887 1 - 1 - 5 M. H."
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Overall Dimensions
1180 mm (Length), 455 mm (Width), 625 mm (Height)
Dimensions include mount. Height is adjustable.
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1330 mm (Length), 420 mm (Width), 660 mm (Height)
Dimensions for object at maximum extension.
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